Barium thiosulfate
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, bas 2 o 3 ⋅h 2 o, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives, matches, paints, and varnishes.
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any of numerous small, cylindrical beetles of the family scolytidae that nest under the bark of hardwood trees, leaving intricate tracings on the wood. historical examples in the winter of 1953-54 before much mortality had occurred, the bark beetle infestations had become conspicuous. the forest habitat of the university of kansas natural history reservation henry […]
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